0001|                       SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 28
    |
0002|     43rd legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 1997
    |
0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
    |
0004|                          ROMAN M. MAES III
    |
0005|     
    |
0006|                                   
    |
0007|     
    |
0008|     
    |
0009|     
    |
0010|                           A JOINT MEMORIAL
    |
0011|     REQUESTING THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC EDUCATION TO CONDUCT
    |
0012|     A STUDY AND REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE ON THE EFFECTS OF CLOSED
    |
0013|     CAMPUSES ON DISCIPLINE, DROPOUT RATES AND TRUANCY IN PUBLIC
    |
0014|     SCHOOLS IN OTHER STATES. 
    |
0015|     
    |
0016|          WHEREAS, dropout rates from public schools in New Mexico
    |
0017|     are unacceptably high; and 
    |
0018|          WHEREAS, in school year 1988-89, dropout rates in New
    |
0019|     Mexico peaked at 10.4 percent and then dropped; and
    |
0020|          WHEREAS, high school dropout rates are again increasing
    |
0021|     and are approaching 9 percent; and
    |
0022|          WHEREAS, state truancy statistics are not readily
    |
0023|     available; and 
    |
0024|          WHEREAS, disciplinary problems, truancy and dropout rates
    |
0025|     may all be enhanced because students are permitted the freedom
    |
0001|     to leave public school campuses;  
    |
0002|          NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE
    |
0003|     STATE OF NEW MEXICO that a study be conducted by the state
    |
0004|     department of public education to determine if disciplinary
    |
0005|     problems, truancy and dropout rates are improved when public
    |
0006|     school campuses are closed; and 
    |
0007|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the effects of closed campuses
    |
0008|     in states and communities throughout the nation be analyzed;
    |
0009|     and 
    |
0010|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the results of the study on
    |
0011|     closed campuses by the state department of public education be
    |
0012|     reported to the legislative education study committee in
    |
0013|     November 1997; and 
    |
0014|          BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
    |
0015|     transmitted to the superintendent of public instruction, the
    |
0016|     state board of education and the legislative education study
    |
0017|     committee.
    |
0018|                                    
    |
0019|   
    |
0020|                      FORTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE
    |
0021|                        FIRST SESSION, 1997
    |
0022|   
    |
0023|   
    |
0024|                                                  March 11, 1997
    |
0025|   
    |
0001|   Mr. President:
    |
0002|   
    |
0003|       Your EDUCATION COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
    |
0004|   
    |
0005|                      SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 28
    |
0006|   
    |
0007|   has had it under consideration and reports same with
    |
0008|   recommendation that it DO PASS.
    |
0009|   
    |
0010|                                Respectfully submitted,
    |
0011|   
    |
0012|   
    |
0013|   
    |
0014|                                
    |
0015|   __________________________________
    |
0016|                                Cynthia Nava, Chairman 
    |
0017|   
    |
0018|   
    |
0019|   
    |
0020|   Adopted_______________________   Not
    |
0021|   Adopted_______________________
    |
0022|             (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
    |
0023|   
    |
0024|   
    |
0025|   
    |
0001|                     Date ________________________
    |
0002|   
    |
0003|   
    |
0004|   The roll call vote was <u> 5 </u> For <u> 2 </u> Against
    |
0005|           Yes:    5
    |
0006|           No:     Boitano, Rawson
    |
0007|                Excused:     Duran, Garcia, Gorham
    |
0008|           Absent: None
    |
0009|   
    |
0010|   
    |
0011|   SJ028ED1
    |